Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > He mentioned medical bills awhile back, I wonder if he's going through a > tough time now? A recent email from him seems to suggest that he had an epiphany. He's moving to a new place and dumping most of his non-value games (he said he's keeping his 30 infocoms, blue Je

Re: [SWCollect] Yipe.

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > Well, I just screwed up big-time. *Sigh*... I feel horrible about this. > Anybody got any reassuring words? Yes: Don't sweat it for even one second. Will has some pretty deep issues that he won't correct any time soon because, frankly, he isn't aware of them *and* he'

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread C.E. Forman
> "All the other [games] are being sold in a garage sale tomorrow. Chris has > made this happen so no one can get the ones I'm selling at the garage > sale." Okay, now this I don't feel bad about. Poking fun in public, yes, but not this. It's his choice if he wants to dump his rare stuff for ne

Re: [SWCollect] Infocom games' boxes

2001-07-20 Thread C.E. Forman
They seem to be easier to come by in Europe, England in particular, as that's where Mastertronic was originally based prior to expanding to Mastertronic Inc. in the United States. They were available for PC, Atari ST, and Amiga, and all three systems seem about equally common. There are 10 total

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread C.E. Forman
I'd never even heard of it, but it's on all of the Commodore game lists I checked. Quite a few pages have code and I found a few box scans, so I wonder if maybe your source was mistaken? If not, at least the code is safely preserved. Firebird tended to mass-produce from what I recall. There wer

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Jim Leonard wrote: >Pedro Quaresma wrote: > > "All the other [games] are being sold in a garage sale tomorrow. Chris has > made this happen so no one can get the ones I'm selling at the garage > sale." >Did he tell you where the garage sale was? I live within an hour of his >location... ;-D P

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: > > "All the other [games] are being sold in a garage sale tomorrow. Chris has > made this happen so no one can get the ones I'm selling at the garage > sale." Did he tell you where the garage sale was? I live within an hour of his location... ;-D > I sure wonder what's

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Jim Leonard wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 07/20/2001 10:12:43 AM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Never mind about the copy, I found a dumped disk image... >> > > Where did you find this Jim? Is it for C64? You going to Pockets with Chris, > Manu

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Jim Leonard wrote: >Pedro Quaresma wrote: > > Sorry I am no longer selling games. People are causing too many problems > for > me right now. Who told you this? I would like to know. Thank you. > >You can tell him I sent you (Jim Leonard, [EMAIL PROTECTED]). That may >help. I did after his secon

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 07/20/2001 10:12:43 AM Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Never mind about the copy, I found a dumped disk image... >> > > Where did you find this Jim? Is it for C64? You going to Pockets with Chris, > Manuel and I on the 28

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: > > Sorry I am no longer selling games. People are causing too many problems > for > me right now. Who told you this? I would like to know. Thank you. You can tell him I sent you (Jim Leonard, [EMAIL PROTECTED]). That may help. I don't think he has much left, though. --

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 07/20/2001 10:12:43 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Never mind about the copy, I found a dumped disk image... >> Where did you find this Jim? Is it for C64? You going to Pockets with Chris, Manuel and I on the 28th? Thanks, Tom --

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > By Firebird "A 3D Moving Graphics Adventure in a Post Holocaust World"? :) Never mind about the copy, I found a dumped disk image... -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. ---

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone know anything about Cholo?

2001-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > By Firebird "A 3D Moving Graphics Adventure in a Post Holocaust World"? :) > Someone told me they only released 50 of them. Mine is for 64, maybe they > meant only 50 for the C64? Still that seems like not very many. Anyone else > have it? No idea, but I'd love to ge

Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: Echelon]

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
PQ> Anyway, can someone give me his e-mail address? I'd surely like to know PQ> what PC games he's selling. JL>[EMAIL PROTECTED] I've got dibs on the Stargliders. He's got a blue Jewels of JL>Darkness that he won't let go of (understandably). Yikes, mailing him wasn't such a good idea: ***Q

Re: [SWCollect] Infocom games' boxes

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
>Ah Pedro, those are the Mastertronic releases of the games, "budget" >releases. They are fairly uncommon. Hi again Tom, it's great to hear from you! Are the Atari ST versions of the Mastertronic releases as uncommon as other (PC, Apple, etc) versions? > This is TomMage by the way, this in >an

Re: [SWCollect] Infocom games' boxes

2001-07-20 Thread AvatarTom
Ah Pedro, those are the Mastertronic releases of the games, "budget" releases. They are fairly uncommon. This is TomMage by the way, this in another email address of mine. The wrist is doing well, the cut on the hand is healing a bit slowly but all is well. Did you sell your CPC Ultima? TTYL!!

[SWCollect] Infocom games' boxes

2001-07-20 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Hi, I got a hold on three separate Infocom games, in a package that I do not know. I assume these are well-known, mostly by the Infocom collectors on this list, but I sincerely hadn't seen any of these before Let me describe them: the box itself is hard cardboard, small, about lenght and height

[SWCollect] Picture of Cholo case

2001-07-20 Thread AvatarTom
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